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Seeking… The Faces Of Otherness…: A Response To Professors Sarat Felstiner And Cahn , Lucie E. White
Seeking… The Faces Of Otherness…: A Response To Professors Sarat Felstiner And Cahn , Lucie E. White
Cornell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Covenant And Feminist Reconstructions Of Subjectivity Within Theories Of Justice, Janet Moore
Covenant And Feminist Reconstructions Of Subjectivity Within Theories Of Justice, Janet Moore
Law and Contemporary Problems
The connections between structuralist, poststructuralist and postmodern philosophers are traced. The opposition between individualists and relationists over the meaning of subjectivity is discussed.
Feminist Jurisprudence In A Conventional Context: Is There Room For Feminism In Dworkin's Theory Of Interpretive Concepts?, Lynne Hanson
Feminist Jurisprudence In A Conventional Context: Is There Room For Feminism In Dworkin's Theory Of Interpretive Concepts?, Lynne Hanson
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
This paper examines Dworkin's interpretive theory of law from a feminist perspective, and asks whether his attempts to accommodate competing political opinions within an interpretive community can successfully encompass feminist concerns as well. It is argued that Dworkin repeatedly underestimates the extent of disagreement regarding the practice of law as a whole, while his requirements of fit, coherence and integrity impose a political agenda on the interpreter. As a consequence, Dworkin's theory is ultimately unable to adequately respond to a feminist critique of law, so that feminist jurisprudence must be seen as falling outside the scope of his interpretive community.
'Atomistic Man' Revisited: Liberalism, Connection, And Feminist Jurisprudence, Linda C. Mcclain
'Atomistic Man' Revisited: Liberalism, Connection, And Feminist Jurisprudence, Linda C. Mcclain
Faculty Scholarship
One of the major strains of feminist jurisprudence has criticized American law, and the liberal jurisprudence and political philosophy on which it is said to be grounded, as male or masculine.' A central theme of the critique has been that the law embodies a masculine perspective in emphasizing autonomy and the individual over interdependency and the community. Liberalism has been viewed as inextricably masculine in its model of separate, atomistic, competing individuals establishing a legal system to pursue their own interests and to protect them from others' interference with their rights to do so. Hence, it is said that liberal, …
Gender And Justice, Mary I. Coombs
Gender And Justice, Mary I. Coombs
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.
Postmodernism/Feminism/Law , Dennis Patterson
Postmodernism/Feminism/Law , Dennis Patterson
Cornell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Selling The Womb: Can The Feminist Critique Of Surrogacy Be Answered?, Katherine B. Lieber
Selling The Womb: Can The Feminist Critique Of Surrogacy Be Answered?, Katherine B. Lieber
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Frozen Embryos: Towards An Equitable Solution, Mario J. Trespalacios
Frozen Embryos: Towards An Equitable Solution, Mario J. Trespalacios
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Neutered Mother, Martha Albertson Fineman
The Neutered Mother, Martha Albertson Fineman
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.
Issues For Men In The 1990s, Michael S. Kimmel
Issues For Men In The 1990s, Michael S. Kimmel
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.
In Praise Of Macho Women: Price Waterhouse V. Hopkins, J. Cindy Eson
In Praise Of Macho Women: Price Waterhouse V. Hopkins, J. Cindy Eson
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.
Exit: Power And The Idea Of Leaving In Love, Work, And The Confirmation Hearings, Martha R. Mahoney
Exit: Power And The Idea Of Leaving In Love, Work, And The Confirmation Hearings, Martha R. Mahoney
Articles
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Racism And Patriarchy In The Meaning Of Motherhood, Dorthy E. Roberts
Racism And Patriarchy In The Meaning Of Motherhood, Dorthy E. Roberts
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
No abstract provided.
Can Two Real Men Eat Quiche Together? Storytelling, Gender-Role Stereotypes, And Legal Protection For Lesbians And Gay Men, Marc A. Fajer
Can Two Real Men Eat Quiche Together? Storytelling, Gender-Role Stereotypes, And Legal Protection For Lesbians And Gay Men, Marc A. Fajer
University of Miami Law Review
No abstract provided.